Litigation Counsel - COE Lead

About the Role

This role will establish and maintain the operations for a Center of Excellence (CoE) focused on standardizing processes, procedures, and best practices for handling litigation across all company divisions and functions. This role will ensure consistency, efficiency, and compliance in litigation management while driving innovation and continuous improvement in operations.

What You Will Do

• Build and Manage the CoE
  • Establish the operating model for the Litigation Center of Excellence.
  • Define and implement standardized litigation processes, policies, and procedures across all divisions and functions.
  • Serve as the central point of expertise for litigation management.

• Process Optimization & Governance
  • Develop playbooks, guidelines, and templates for litigation response, case management, and resolution.
  • Implement consistent document retention, discovery, and reporting standards.
  • Establish governance structures and compliance checkpoints to ensure adherence across divisions and functions.

• Strategic Litigation Matter Management
  • Select and engage outside counsel on enterprise litigation matters
  • Direct and manage outside counsel on complex litigation matters from pre-litigation through resolution
  • Lead the strategy on enterprise litigation matters
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with divisional legal teams, compliance, risk management, and outside counsel to align on practices.
  • Provide training and knowledge-sharing programs for stakeholders.
  • Ensure best practices are shared, adopted, and continuously updated across the organization.

• Technology & Tools
  • Evaluate and deploy litigation management tools, e-discovery solutions, and data analytics platforms.
  • Drive AI, automation and technology adoption to improve efficiency and transparency.

• Reporting & Metrics
  • Develop and maintain KPIs and dashboards to track litigation outcomes, cycle times, costs, and risk trends.
  • Provide regular executive-level reporting on litigation portfolio performance and CoE impact.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent legal degree; admission to practice law preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in litigation management, legal operations, or related legal leadership roles.
• Proven experience in building and leading cross-functional programs or centers of excellence.
• Strong knowledge of litigation processes, case management, e-discovery, and legal technology platforms.
• Exceptional leadership, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and project management abilities with a track record of driving process improvements.

Bonus Points if You Have

• Project management expertise or certifications
• Experience working with e-discovery, litigation hold and matter management systems
• Experience setting up new processes

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 10%, domestic and international travel.
• Be willing to work remotely and occasionally in an office located in US.
• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
• Access to employee discounts on world-class products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, and more)
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
• Competitive wellness benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.